![]() Perhaps I'll be keeping my ears open for any news of such a place for the rest of my life. Perhaps is it too small to be recognized as a nameable river anymore. Perhaps it was swallowed up by metropolitan Minneapolis. It's almost a disappointment to think that perhaps she just made the place up as she did the characters. Swift rivers by Cornelia Meigs,, Troll paperback edition, It looks like youre offline. Swift Rivers Newbery Honor book Barred from his family home-stead by his mean-spirited uncle, eighteen-year-old Chris weathers a Minnesota winter in a. Meigs's books are so detailed and realistic that I can't help feeling that there MUST be a place out there called the Goose Wing River. ![]() Now, I realize (both of us know, actually) that we can still complete the project very beautifully without knowing the location of the river. Nothing matches the other geographical clues. I've even looked it up on several websites that have maps of the area. We have been unable to find it on maps anywhere. The author gives pretty specific information about the setting-including the President at the time and locations on the river that can still be found on maps of the Mississippi today. ![]() No, it's not for children only-though having a healthy inner child might help you enjoy it more). One of my students is doing a project on the Cornelia Meigs book SWIFT RIVERS (I highly recommend it to those who have not read it. ![]()
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